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<h1 class="topictitle1">Managing Database Protection</h1>
<div><p>You can modify, remove, activate, or disable database protection.</p>
<p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text164093351368"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Databases &gt; GaussDB T</b></span> and find the target database.</p>
<p><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001263776850_table24934294919">Table 1</a> describes the related operations.</p>

<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001263776850_table24934294919"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001263776850_table24934294919"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001263776850_table24934294919" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Database protection operations</caption><colgroup><col style="width:14.37%"><col style="width:57.9%"><col style="width:27.73%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" id="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1"><p>Operation</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1 "><p>Modifying protection</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.900000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
<p>You can modify the protection plan to associate another SLA with the instance. After the modification, the next backup will be executed based on the new protection plan.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong></p>
<ul><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_li16343131892419">The modification does not affect the protection job that is being executed. The modified protection plan will apply to the next protection period.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_li140522162517">If the protection policy for a resource in the associated SLA changes, you are advised to modify the current SLA on the <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_uicontrol10405524254"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_text6405425255"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_text885333645815"><strong>Protection Policies</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_text164051025259"><strong>SLAs</strong></span></b></span> page, rather than associate the resource with another SLA through protection modification.<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_p34052272519">After you associate the resource with another SLA by modifying protection, if the copy of the original SLA still exists, the license capacity may be deducted repeatedly.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.730000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.3 "><p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Modify Protection</strong></span></b></span> in the row that contains the target instance.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1 "><p>Removing protection</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.900000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
<p>You can remove the protection plan if the instance no longer needs to be protected. After the removal, the system cannot execute protection jobs for the instance. To protect the instance again, you need to associate an SLA with the instance again.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong></p>
<ul><li>When a protection job of the instance is running, the protection cannot be removed.</li><li>If the protection policy for a resource in the associated SLA changes, you are advised to modify the associated SLA on the <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_uicontrol5174547101015"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text71111921162814"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Protection Policies &gt; SLAs</b></span> page, rather than perform SLA re-association after protection removal.<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792548656__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_p636319506192">After you remove protection and perform SLA re-association, if the copy of the original SLA still exists, the license capacity may be deducted repeatedly.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.730000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.3 "><p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Remove Protection</strong></span></b></span> in the row that contains the target instance.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1 "><p>Manual backup</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.900000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
<p>This operation enables you to perform a backup immediately.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong></p>
<p>Copies generated by manual backup are retained for the duration defined in the SLA.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.730000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.3 "><p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span> in the row that contains the target instance.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1 "><p>Disabling protection</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.900000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
<p>This operation enables you to disable a protection plan when periodic protection on the instance is not required. After the protection plan is disabled, the system does not execute the automatic backup job of the instance.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong></p>
<p>Disabling protection does not affect ongoing backup jobs.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.730000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.3 "><p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Disable Protection</strong></span></b></span> in the row that contains the target instance.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1 "><p>Activating protection</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.900000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
<p>This operation enables you to re-activate the disabled protection plan of an instance. After the protection plan is activated, the system backs up the instance based on the protection plan.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong></p>
<p>This operation can be performed only for a database instance has been associated with an SLA and is in <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Unprotected</strong></span></b></span> status.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.730000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.3 "><p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Activate Protection</strong></span></b></span> in the row that contains the target instance.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.370000000000003%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.1 "><p>Deleting an instance</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.900000000000006%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
<p>You can delete an instance when it no longer needs to be protected or is used as the restoration target.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong></p>
<p>If an instance has been associated with an SLA, the instance cannot be deleted. You need to remove the protection before deleting the instance.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.730000000000004%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.1.3 "><p>Choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Delete</strong></span></b></span> in the row that contains the target instance.</p>
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